Maria Maragkou

Creativity in science seems to have evolved over the centuries from mainly a solitary effort to a more collaborative one.

Pierluigi Barrotta shares with Nature Materials his views on the relationship between science and society.

Highly sophisticated materials properties and engineering efforts are crucial for the success of missions for space exploration and settlement.

Review of "The Secret Life of Science: How It Really Works and Why It Matters" by Jeremy J. Baumberg

Lessons learnt from Horizon 2020 and a determination to become a world-class hub for entrepreneurship form the basis of the European Commission’s ambitious Research and Innovation budget.

Art historians have joined forces with material scientists in order to better understand the objects of interest but also develop better conservation treatments and preservation approaches.

Carl Heron and Joanne Dyer from the British Museum in London talk to Nature Materials about the research activities at the museum and how scientists can impact cultural heritage.

From a combined effort by theorists, materials scientists and spectroscopists, topology has moved from a purely mathematical idea to the realization of unique properties in several condensed matter systems.

With the launch of the Quantum Technologies Flagship, the European Union is looking to become a major player in the upcoming quantum revolution, reaping benefits both for technology development and wealth creation for the European society.

Quasiparticles are an extremely useful concept that provides a more intuitive understanding of complex phenomena in many-body physics. As such, they appear in various contexts, linking ideas across different fields and supplying a common language.

The Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) project is dedicated to the investigation of light–matter interactions at high laser intensities and on short timescales.

The Innovation Forum on Quantum Technologies aims to help academics start technology companies.

The ongoing European Union fiscal crisis has taken its toll on research and innovation across several member states. A number of initiatives aim to boost technological innovation as a tool for increasing wealth.

Costas Fotakis, the Greek Alternate Minister for Research and Innovation, explains to Nature Materials how he plans to improve the country's research and innovation landscape under the constraints of austerity.

Richard Murray of Innovate UK explains to Nature Materials how innovation derived from research findings can boost the production of wealth.

Arno Rauschenbeutel explains to Nature Photonics how atoms help induce a nonlinear π phase shift at the single photon level.

Ilya Akimov talks to Nature Photonics about employing trions in semiconductor quantum wells to store optical information.

Ori Katz and Sylvain Gigan explain to Nature Photonics how a well-known astronomy technique has been adapted for imaging through turbid media, with great potential for bio-imaging applications.

London hosted this year's Photon conference. Quantum optics and improved technology commercialization in the UK were two key points of discussion.

Exciton-polaritons, quantum dots, microcavities